Exoplanets

6,372 confirmed planets around other stars: the real catalog, from the NASA Exoplanet Archive.

Every world below is a confirmed discovery. Data: NASA Exoplanet Archive (Caltech/IPAC), planetary systems composite table, cached Sep 27, 2026. Values are the archive’s best estimates and carry uncertainties; blank cells mean the quantity has not been measured, never guessed.

Worlds worth knowing4

Proxima Centauri bCircling the star next door, this Earth-mass world is the closest possible exoplanet.

TRAPPIST-1eAstronomy's favorite habitable-zone world: rocky, temperate, and testable.

Kepler-452bA possibly rocky world in a Sun-like star's habitable zone, nicknamed 'Earth's older cousin'.

51 Pegasi bThe planet that started it all was the first world found orbiting a normal star.

How we find themTransits, wobbles, microlensing, astrometry and direct imaging, and the blind spots each one has.

Where the known planets sit

Each dot is a confirmed planet, placed by the length of its year and by its size. The rings mark our own Solar System for scale.

Transit
Radial velocity
Other methods
Solar System planets

Hot JupitersSuper-Earths and sub-Neptunes EarthJupiterNeptune

5,964 of the 5,972 planets with a known period and radius are drawn; the rest fall outside these axes. Radii of planets that do not transit are usually estimated from their mass. Tap or hover a dot for its name. Source: NASA Exoplanet Archive, updated Sep 27, 2026.

Discoveries by year, and how they were made

Since 2010, transit surveys have found more planets than the wobble method every year. Hover or tap a year for its breakdown.

Transit 4,709
Radial velocity 1,202
Other methods 461

Show these numbers as a table

Year	Transit	Radial velocity	Other methods	Total
2026	202	44	37	283
2025	144	61	40	245
2024	187	29	44	260
2023	225	56	42	323
2022	192	115	60	367
2021	457	77	30	564
2020	164	46	24	234
2019	107	65	22	194
2018	244	38	26	308
2017	87	48	17	152
2016	1,432	58	14	1,504
2015	99	46	10	155
2014	810	48	14	872
2013	79	34	15	128
2012	94	39	11	144
2011	80	49	12	141
2010	46	37	10	93
2009	18	66	3	87
2008	15	36	11	62
2007	16	34	2	52
2006	5	21	6	32
2005	0	33	3	36
2004	5	18	4	27
2003	0	21	1	22
2002	1	28	0	29
2001	0	12	0	12
2000	0	16	0	16
1999	0	13	0	13
1998	0	6	0	6
1997	0	1	0	1
1996	0	6	0	6
1995	0	1	0	1
1994	0	0	1	1
1992	0	0	2	2

2026 is a partial year. Source: NASA Exoplanet Archive, updated Sep 27, 2026.

Planet	Distance (ly)	Radius (Earths)	Mass (Earths)	Year (days)	Temp (°C)*	Found	Method
Kepler-297 d	2,257.5	32.60	—	150.0	52	2023	Transit
Kepler-1979 b	3,510.3	29.33	—	18.5	410	2023	Transit
TOI-1408 b	454.9	25.00	593.0	4.4	1,020	2023	Transit
HAT-P-67 b	1,212.3	23.99	143.0	4.8	1,630	2017	Transit
TOI-3540 A b	—	23.54	375.0	3.1	1,225	2022	Transit
XO-6 b	768.0	23.20	1,398.5	3.8	1,304	2016	Transit
HAT-P-41 b	1,135.6	22.98	378.2	2.7	1,668	2012	Transit
HIP 65 A b	201.5	22.75	1,021.2	1.0	1,138	2020	Transit
Kepler-435 b	4,627.4	22.31	267.0	8.6	1,456	2015	Transit
HAT-P-32 b	943.3	22.19	216.1	2.2	1,563	2011	Transit
WASP-12 b	1,393.5	22.03	467.2	1.1	2,328	2008	Transit
TOI-5811 B b	554.9	21.97	257.4	6.3	1,257	2026	Transit
KELT-9 b	666.8	21.70	915.3	1.5	3,648	2017	Transit
WASP-78 b	2,460.1	21.63	352.8	2.2	2,197	2012	Transit
BD-14 3065 b	1,922.4	21.59	3,932.0	4.3	1,728	2024	Transit
KELT-19 A b	979.4	21.41	1,293.6	4.6	1,662	2017	Transit
TOI-1518 b	736.7	21.05	581.6	1.9	2,273	2021	Transit
WASP-17 b	1,323.9	20.96	247.9	3.7	1,482	2009	Transit
HAT-P-70 b	1,078.7	20.96	2,154.9	2.7	2,289	2019	Transit
HATS-23 b	2,084.1	20.85	467.2	2.2	1,381	2017	Transit
WASP-76 b	634.2	20.78	284.1	1.8	1,955	2016	Transit
HAT-P-33 b	1,291.9	20.74	292.4	3.5	1,509	2011	Transit
WASP-178 b	1,394.9	20.29	527.6	3.3	2,197	2019	Transit
KELT-12 b	1,200.4	19.95	301.9	5.0	1,527	2017	Transit
TOI-2193 A b	1,099.4	19.84	298.8	2.1	1,490	2022	Transit
TOI-2669 b	1,283.2	19.73	193.9	6.2	953	2022	Transit
Kepler-12 b	2,874.7	19.66	137.3	4.4	1,207	2011	Transit
TOI-2578 b	931.3	19.66	167.2	3.5	1,505	2026	Transit
HATS-26 b	2,811.0	19.62	206.6	3.3	1,645	2016	Transit
KELT-14 b	815.8	19.54	408.1	1.7	1,697	2016	Transit
WASP-121 b	880.3	19.53	371.9	1.3	2,136	2016	Transit
KELT-20 b	445.0	19.51	1,074.9	3.5	1,989	2017	Transit
KELT-15 b	1,059.0	19.50	416.4	3.3	1,369	2016	Transit
HAT-P-57 b	912.8	19.50	448.1	2.5	1,927	2015	Transit
TOI-640 b	1,115.4	19.28	181.2	5.0	1,543	2021	Transit
HAT-P-64 b	2,126.2	19.09	184.3	4.0	1,493	2021	Transit
Qatar-7 b	2,302.6	19.06	597.5	2.0	1,780	2019	Transit
KELT-4 A b	711.2	19.04	286.7	3.0	1,550	2016	Transit
TOI-615 b	1,175.5	18.98	138.3	4.7	1,393	2023	Transit
HATS-56 b	1,840.9	18.92	191.3	4.3	1,629	2019	Transit
HATS-67 b	3,131.5	18.89	460.9	1.6	1,920	2018	Transit
CoRoT-35 b	3,663.4	18.83	349.6	3.2	1,474	2022	Transit
HATS-64 b	3,523.0	18.82	305.1	4.9	1,520	2018	Transit
HAT-P-69 b	1,113.0	18.79	1,137.8	4.8	1,657	2019	Transit
TOI-2886 b	1,349.2	18.64	445.0	1.6	1,705	2025	Transit
TOI-1855 b	576.8	18.49	360.1	1.4	1,428	2024	Transit
TOI-3807 b	1,375.5	18.49	330.5	2.9	1,373	2023	Transit
Kepler-447 b	874.2	18.49	435.4	7.8	609	2015	Transit
K2-260 b	2,165.1	18.42	546.7	2.6	1,817	2018	Transit
WASP-187 b	1,211.4	18.38	254.3	5.1	1,487	2020	Transit
HATS-31 b	2,524.4	18.38	279.7	3.4	1,550	2016	Transit
NGTS-33 b	1,428.1	18.38	1,153.7	2.8	1,718	2024	Transit
HAT-P-60 b	760.7	18.28	182.4	4.8	1,499	2021	Transit
WASP-90 b	1,521.3	18.27	200.2	3.9	1,567	2016	Transit
HD 202772 A b	526.7	18.24	323.5	3.3	1,908	2019	Transit
Kepler-7 b	3,009.0	18.18	140.2	4.9	1,357	2009	Transit
TOI-159 b	1,133.7	18.18	1,110.0	3.8	1,618	2026	Transit
KELT-8 b	644.4	18.16	209.8	3.2	1,402	2015	Transit
WASP-82 b	899.1	18.16	371.9	2.7	1,917	2015	Transit
WASP-189 b	325.3	18.15	632.5	2.7	3,080	2020	Transit

* Equilibrium temperature is the airless-world estimate; a real atmosphere changes it (Earth’s is −18 °C by this measure, +15 °C in reality). “—” means the archive lists no measured value.

An exoplanet being in the habitable zone does NOT mean life has been found there. It means liquid water is possible with the right atmosphere. No life has been detected beyond Earth. Read more in Habitable Zones.